Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Football players at Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood are drinking something different after games as part of the “Rethink Your Drink” campaign through the National Dairy Council. Instead of water, juice or sports beverages, players are drinking chocolate milk. “Each year different grants are available in different areas and this year we received a grant from the National Dairy Council,” Mary Hampston, school district food service director, said. “It’s a good connection be...
WAUSAU, Wis. — Two goal line stands in the first half by Hurley kept Boscobel from making things more interesting and off the scoreboard all together. The Midgets started the season with a 34-0 victory over the Bulldogs, who despite losing their 23rd straight game, made Hurley work for a lot of what it got. The Midgets also had to work through losing running back/tight end/defensive back Jake Colassaco, who sprained his ankle in the first half. “We had to work our way through some things tod...
IRONWOOD — Ironwood started the tennis season with a 5-2 victory over Phillips in Hurley and Ironwood Wednesday. The Red Devils swept the singles matches and Ironwood’s No. 2 doubles took the other victory. Senior Katie Piispanen and rookie freshman Kristine Mieloszyk both won 6-0, 6-0. Piispanen was at No. 1 singles, Mieloszyk at No. 4. Payton Aho won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2 singles. Katie Erickson defeated Ariana Blair 6-2, 6-4 after the storm delay in No. 3 singles. Ironwood’s No. 2 doubles team,...
HURLEY – Melissa Williams-Herrala lives in Chicago but talk to her for a few minutes and you realize she still has a soft spot in her heart for northern Wisconsin. After all, she grew up in Iron Belt and ran cross country at Hurley K-12 School. Last year, Williams-Herrala was second in the women’s half-marathon, but on Saturday at the 45th annual Paavo Nurmi Marathon, she was the first to cross the finish line. Her time was 1:34:13. “I like coming up here,” Williams-Herrala said. “It has that...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Ironwood edged Hurley 1-0 in an evenly played rivalry soccer match Tuesday at Airport Park. It was scoreless at the half. “The first half was pretty evenly played,” Ironwood coach Don Cvengros said. “And Hurley’s got a pretty good team this year. We had a couple good chances in the first half. They did, too. It was pretty evenly matched.” Hurley coach Chris Tweiten agreed. “I thought it was a pretty evenly matched game,” he said. “The team that scored first would probably co...
KINGSFORD — At 5-2, Ironwood freshman Rachel Hudacek doesn’t stand very high, but she jumps high, higher than anyone else in Division 2 in the Upper Peninsula on Saturday. The bar was just two inches shorter than her and she cleared it. Her 5-0 mark in the high jump made her a U.P. champion at Saturday’s Division 2 U.P. track-and-field finals in Kingsford. Cole Stevens picked up Ironwood’s other U.P. championship, with a 12-0 mark in the pole vault. “She’s not very tall, but she’s got great spr...
NORWAY — What an up-and-down Friday for the Ironwood softball team. The Red Devils started the day with a 3-2 win over Ishpeming in a thrilling MHSAA Division 4 district semifinal. Kaitlyn Tollstam crushed a walk-off hit to score Dani McCullough in the bottom of the seventh, after Ishpeming had just tied the game. Friday ended with Rapid River blanking Ironwood 10-0 in 5 innings in the district final. Ironwood’s biggest strength all season has been its hitting, but the Devils snuck past Ish...
NORWAY, Mich. — Baseball coaches like to say that teams that play solid defense and pitch well (with few walks) are likely to come out on the winning end of ball games. On Friday afternoon in Norway, Stephenson used that simple formula to down Ironwood 8-1 in the opening round Division IV District Tournament. "It was a real good team effort," Stephenson manager Dan Koller said. "We played a clean game and the defense did its job (no errors). If you make the plays on defense, you've got a good s...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood softball team came from behind to roll over Hancock 23-8 in non-conference action at the John Krznarich Field on Monday. The game (and one-half) was a preview of the MHSAA District Softball Tournament first round game that will be played between the two teams on May 28 at 1 p.m. in Norway. The semifinals and championship game will be played on May 31 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively. Game 1 — Ironwood 23, Hancock 8 After trailing Hancock 7-5 in the second inning, Iro...
HURLEY — In baseball’s equivalent of the Border Bowl, the Hurley baseball team swept a pitcher-depleted Ironwood team 9-1 and 16-8 in Indianhead Conference action at the Hurley K-12 field on Thursday. Game 1 — Hurley 9, Ironwood 1 The Ironwood Red Devil baseball season has turned into a roller-coaster ride. After posting a 16-5 record last season and having almost everyone back, the forecast was looked positive for another impressive season. But Ironwood’s No. 1 and No. 2 pitchers (Adam Mackey...
IRONWOOD — The pressure was on Ironwood Wednesday afternoon as the Red Devils needed a sweep to remain in a first place tie with Hurley in the Indianhead Conference. The Red Devils responded with 26 runs in a dominating sweep as Ironwood took game one 11-1 and game two 15-6. Ironwood and Hurley both have two losses in the conference and both teams have played the top squads in the conference already, leaving a tie for the title a probability. Drummond now has four losses in the conference a...
BUTTERNUT, Wis. — The Ironwood baseball team got out the brooms and swept Butternut in both games of a doubleheader in Indianhead Conference play on Tuesday night. The Red Devils have started off the year at 3-0. Game 1 - Ironwood 8, Butternut 7 Butternut led 7-5 after four innings, but Ironwood scored three times in final inning to edge the Midgets 8-7 in game one of the doubleheader Tuesday night. Ironwood sophomore Brett Ossanna started and gave up two walks, a double and a home run to G...
WASHBURN, Wis. — Ironwood overcame a 4-0 deficit and then held off Washburn in the last inning to win 9-7 in their first game of the season in Indianhead Conference play on Tuesday night. “In the first inning, we were like a fawn trying to stand on its legs for the first time,” Ironwood manager Dan Niemi said. “This was our first experience outside the gym and it took us about three innings to get going. But I was very happy and very satisfied with the boys, because we didn’t lay down and we ke...
Ewen-Trout Creek senior Dillon Gordon and Ironwood junior Adam Mackey were named to Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan all-state teams. Mackey made the Class C team after leading the Red Devils to an 18-4 season. Gordon is on the Class D team, after averaging 28.5 points per game for the 17-5 Panthers. Gordon also made the Class D all-state Second Team in the Detroit News. Mackey was an honorable mention in Class C in the News. Crystal Falls Forest Park junior Lexi Gussert made the all-class elite teams from BCAM, the Detroit News an...
